Recreational flying disk apparatus for enhanced flight enabling and traversing land and water surfaces

Abstract

An accessory for affixmentation to a recreational flying disk is disclosed in the form of a separate apparatus that is readily compatible and adaptable to any flying disk that will greatly enhance the flight distance length and the other flight characteristics of that retrofitted disk because of the centrifugal power, ballast stabilization and lift capability that the disclosed invention apparatus transmutes to the said flying disk. The disclosed apparatus, in conjunction with it being the aforementioned aerodynamic catalyst that it becomes once it is affixed to the said thrown flying disk, also can transform the said disk into a flying disk that can skip across the surface of a body of water not unlike a flat stone used for centuries for the same results—that same body of water that would render an ordinary flying disk as immobile upon contact with it now can be considered as just another obstacle to cross just as easily as flying aerially. The many variations of embodiments that are possible and probable are capable of being manufactured in an inexpensive method or manner such as by plastic molding or injection in and as a lightweight composite, which is a proven material both in the durability and safety factorage in the art of recreational flying disks.

Description

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims the benefits of provisional patent application Ser. No. 60 / 860,784, filed 2006 Nov. 24 by the present inventor, which is incorporated herein by reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]1. Field of the Invention[0003]The present invention relates to the many varieties of recreational flying disks currently in the marketplace and more precisely, to an apparatus that when attached to any recreational flying disk will exemplify the aerodynamics of that said flying disk resulting in a much longer distance of traveling in flight and the said disk being capable of traversing or ‘skipping’ on and over the surface of a body of water and if desired, a hard surface such as land, snow, or field of ice.[0004]2. Description of the Related Art[0005]Many variations of the recreational flying disk are currently available to the general consumer and differ in their size and composite material, from the very familiar soft pliable t...

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Benefits of technology

[0006]The present invention introduces new aerodynamic principals that factor into the flight characteristics of the recreational flying disk in a superior fashion relating to the said disk's lift capability, strength and number of spinning revolutions thereby increasing its flight distance, stabilization in its ability to stay in a horizontal planar position longer in flight thereby also contributing to its flight longevity and converting that same said flying disk into a hydroplaning capability type of disk whereas it will traverse across a surface, liquid or solid, in a tangential ‘skipping’ fashion—all in a customization method to the thrower of the said flying disk, as every thrower is different in their size, strength, method of throwing and end result desired for that particular throw.

[0011]The final advantage points made apparent by the present invention apparatus is one of economics and safety. The apparatus is designed to be manufactured inexpensively such as by injection molding or some other method of fabrication used for plastic or plastic composite parts assuring that simplicity and affordability will be inherent to the marketplace. Also, since the present invention apparatus is designed to be disposed on a point on the underside of a flying disk, the common soft pliable plastic flying disk is the perfect candidate to be retrofitted with the present invention apparatus. Its soft pliable outside rim of its dome is a proven safe embodiment for the hand catching and snatching from an aerial state by the catcher of the disk, and has been as such since the flying disk was introduced about sixty years ago. The present invention apparatus attached and fitted to a flying disk does not mean any variance whatsoever from a safety perspective to the persons throwing and catching a fitted disk, unlike some of the current heavier disks and disks with more weighted outside dome rims manufactured for greater flight distances but possibly injurious to catch because of where that weight is disposed on that flying disk.

Problems solved by technology

Also, attempts have been made to provide the flying disk with a means to be able to make it capable of traversing or hydroplaning across the surface of a liquid such as water by providing a solid surface on the underside of the disk, which unfortunately alters the aerodynamics of the disk relating to its lift capability, therein reducing the disk to poor flight and hydroplaning characteristics due to the interference with the most important of aeronautic flight principals of any flying structure including a flying disk; its lift capacity.

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